The Boulder County SWAT team and a K-9 unit assisted Saturday in the arrest of Superior man who barricaded himself in a home for more than 12 hours after Boulder County Sheriff's deputies responded to the residence following a reported domestic disturbance, officials say.

Bryan Heatherington, 39, surrendered to sheriff's deputies at approximately 12:40 p.m. Saturday after a K-9 was deployed into the crawl space of a home in the 300 block of South Third Avenue where he was hiding after being engaged in a long stand off with police that began Friday night.

Heatherington told deputies he was surrendering after he heard the dog barking, according to a sheriff's Cmdr. Heidi Prentup. He was not injured.

Deputies first responded to Heatherington's residence at around 10 p.m. Friday, according to Prentup. The alleged victim in the case, whose name has not been released, and the victim's father provided deputies with information that gave them probable cause to arrest Heatherington on charges of second-degree assault and felony menacing in relation to a domestic dispute, Prentup said.

Deputies tried to contact Heatherington numerous times, but he did not respond from within the residence and eventually barricaded himself inside, leading officials to call in the SWAT team for assistance at approximately 1 a.m. Saturday, according to Prentup.

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After attempting to further negotiate with him over the phone, the SWAT team deployed gas into the residence and then sent in a robot to search for Heatherington, before eventually locating him in the crawl space.

Heatherington was the only one inside the home during the standoff, according to Prentup. Residents of surrounding homes were asked to remain indoors during the operation, but were not evacuated.

The Boulder and Longmont police SWAT teams assisted in the operation.

Heatherington has been booked into the Boulder County Jail, according to Prentup.

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